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The Leica X1 was announced at the same time as the company's full-frame M9 rangefinder camera in September 2009. Consequently, its arrival was probably over-shadowed by its bigger brother, but it is never the less a very significant product. It is a high-end, fixed focal length compact camera housing an APS-C sized sensor.